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Known to some proponents as “liquid gold,” colostrum is a mother cow’s first milk. It’s filled with nutrients and antioxidants, a major draw for those interested in “healthmaxxing.” @MelinaWalling reports:
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In this Brazilian state, a new push to track cattle is key to slowing deforestation. @MelinaWalling
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🚨 New climate dataset warns poorest nations will see sharp drop in crop yields, impacting #HumanDevelopment
Ahead of #COP30, explore @UNDP’s Human Climate Horizons platform and the latest data on #ClimateChange impacts on agriculture: horizons.hdr.undp.org/
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📰 @apnews coverage: shorturl.at/eqa0a
Last summer, Clarisa Lugo was working in a field in IL when she started throwing up and panting. Her heart raced, she stopped sweating and a pounding headache lingered for hours.
She was eight months pregnant.
A privilege to tell these stories w/ @DoranyPineda90 @a_hammerschlag
Thanks to @AP and @MelinaWalling for including me in this important coverage of the impacts of extreme heat on pregnancy health:
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The uphill battle ahead: Four different leaders, four different takes on global warming
At the United Nations this week, a quartet of leaders with distinct personal styles and decidedly different national agendas demonstrated why saving the planet isn’t simple, fast or something they can even agree on.
@borenbears @MelinaWalling
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“‘Green scam’: At UN, watched by drowning nations’ leaders, Trump assails the ethos of climate change" | Article by @borenbears and @MelinaWalling for @APNews:
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“We tend to see pollination issues being more problematic when we have high temperatures and drought conditions or lack of rainfall,” Licht said. Story by @MelinaWalling @joshuabickel
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EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump, Zeldin. Letter is similar to one earlier this summer by scientists and others at NIH.
By @MelinaWalling
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Plant trees to combat climate change? AP colleague @MelinaWalling reports on a study that puts tree planting in perspective when it comes to combating climate change.
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The EPA rules that Trump Administration is looking to roll back are calculated to EVERY YEAR save 30,000 lives and $275 billion, an extensive detailed AP data crunching and document review shows. Southwest Indiana illustrates what it means to people.
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"...global warming has notably reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow and other places, with potentially irreversible impacts on agriculture and sea level rise." @MelinaWalling @AP apnews.com/article/climate-c…
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Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
Scientists are still studying the long-term effects of the plastic that’s been found in human organs.
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New study shows grass-fed beef produces no less GHG emissions than industrial beef - though there are a broader range of factors to consider including environmental pollution and animal welfare when comparing production systems. @MelinaWalling
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Climate change contributed to a week of wild weather that upended life in the US
“Then, catastrophe in California, with wind-whipped flames taking off in a landscape parched by months of drought to become Los Angeles’ worst-ever wildfires.” @MelinaWalling
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Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic - @psantalucia1975 @MelinaWalling @AP
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From @MelinaWalling: What this week's winter wallop means for farmers across the U.S. apnews.com/article/farmers-w…
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Here is the @AP's end-of-the-year photo package. These photos are stunning. I had the honor of writing the text and working w/ colleague Alyssa Goodman, who curated the package and did the layout, and Dana Beltaji, who edited the text.
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Rich countries have agreed to pool together at least $300 billion a year by 2035 in climate finance. It’s nowhere near the full amount of $1.3 trillion that developing countries were asking for.
How they got to this far-from-perfect arrangement:
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“You don’t help small farmers, where will you get your food?” wondered Esther Penunia, secretary general of the Asian Farmers Association. “Who will farm for you? Who will catch the fish, who will get the honey, who will plant your vegetables?”
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